What does worship look like in your mind?

Some see big stages, lights and smoke. In this is typically an emotional response and musical abilities that give us goosebumps. Perhaps we pay for a ticket and wish our church services were like this every week.

Others see reverence, pomp and circumstance: high ceilings, language we don’t understand, ritual and silence. We desire ancient things and connecting to something beyond us.

Paul paints a full picture of worship here. It is not that the two descriptions above are necessarily lacking, but for sure they are a little suspect. Paul has been building what worship is to this beloved church for chapters now. Here he shows what he means. If love is a key element to properly surrender our wills to others, worship is seen in serving the Body of Christ with your gifts.

God made you and saved you. If and when you accept His gift, He gives gifts (remember Rom 12) that are intended to build the church. You have a role in worship. You are intended to help me and the Body grow! We all have a part! There is no insignificant role! It is your act of worship to help me worship by using your gift. Is this your understanding of what worship is? It should be!!